Haiti

Ease of Doing Business in

Haiti

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Haiti. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region Latin America & Caribbean
Income Category Low income
Population 10,123,787
GNI Per Capita (US$) 700
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
174 173 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
40.6 40.2 down 0.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 183 182 up -1
Dealing with Construction Permits 136 136 No change
Getting Electricity 71 73 up 2
Registering Property 130 130 No change
Getting Credit 159 158 up -1
Protecting Investors 169 167 up -2
Paying Taxes 123 116 up -7
Trading Across Borders 149 146 up -3
Enforcing Contracts 97 95 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 160 165 up 5

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Dealing with Construction Permits

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 136 DB 2012 Rank 136 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 54.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 53.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.8
Indicator Haiti Latin America & Caribbean OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

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Procedures (number)
9 13 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

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Time (days)
1,129 225 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
692.0 143.7 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Request building permit 30 days HTG 195,090
2 Obtain site inspection by engineer from the municipality 1 day no charge
3 Obtain and pay to the Direction Generale des Impots 15 days no charge
4 Obtain building permit 1 day no charge
5 Receive municipal inspection 1 day no charge
6 Request phone connection from TELECO 1 day no charge
7 Obtain phone connection from TELECO 1080 days HTG 5,000
* 8 Request water connection from the National Direction of Potable Water and Sewage (Direction Nationale de l’Eau Potable et de l'Assainissement- DINEPA) 14 days HTG 5,570
* 9 Obtain water connection from the National Direction of Potable Water and Sewage (Direction Nationale de l’Eau Potable et de l'Assainissement- DINEPA) 1 day no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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